nix-community/nixos-anywhere

Install NixOS everywhere via SSH [maintainers=@Mic92 @Lassulus @phaer @Enzime @a-kenji] observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/nix-community/nixos-anywhere · homepage · Shell · MIT (permissive) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

80/100

Activity 99
Release rhythm 44
Longevity 99

How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

gap_med: 47
age_days: 1393
days_rel: 293
days_push: 7
n_releases_24m: 10

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

3405 stars · 210 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

nixos-anywhere is a CLI tool that installs NixOS on remote machines over SSH in a single unattended command. It handles disk partitioning via disko, NixOS installation, and optional package/file provisioning, using kexec to boot into a NixOS installer when needed.

Use cases

provision a new remote server with NixOS over ssh
automate bare-metal NixOS installation on Hetzner or cloud servers
reproducibly install identical NixOS configurations across many machines
wipe and repurpose an old machine with a declarative NixOS setup
install NixOS on a machine with no operating system
set up disk partitioning and formatting declaratively with disko

When to choose

you want unattended, reproducible NixOS installations on remote or bare-metal machines
you manage a fleet of servers and need identical declarative setups
you want to combine partitioning (disko) and OS installation in one command

When to avoid

the target machine is not x86-64 or aarch64 Linux with kexec support
you only need to reconfigure an existing NixOS system rather than install from scratch
the target must be reached over wifi or lacks at least 1.5 GB of RAM

Facets

cli-tool · maturity active

deployment cli configuration-management infrastructure-as-code self-hosted cloud-computing infrastructure-as-code cli cross-platform nixos nix disko kexec ssh provisioning bare-metal unattended-installation devops automation linux macos

2 sources

readme: https://github.com/nix-community/nixos-anywhere · fetched 2026-08-28 · 8ac6c81ca1d8
homepage: https://nix-community.github.io/nixos-anywhere/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · 9baa620adafb

Member repositories

Repository	Role	Health v2
nix-community/nixos-anywhere	main	80

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